Mr. Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, approved the recommendation, Chief of staff General Gabi Ashkenazi to appoint Gen. (Res.) Yair Naveh, Vice Chief of staff Gen. (Ret) back to OASIS and enter Vice Chief in weeks And thus replace his Benny Gantz champion to retire from service in the IDF.

The champion. Yair Naveh was born in 1957 and was drafted in 1975 to the Golani Brigade. Over the years, performed all the roles in the Regiment, platoon commander hatvia Board. Between 1991-1989 he served as Commander of a brigade in the Lebanon border and later, between the years 1991-1993, he commanded the Golani Brigade.

In 1994 he was appointed head of GoC army headquarters security, where he served until 1996, when he was appointed Chief Officer infantry and paratroopers. Between 1999 and 2001 he commanded Gaza Division and later, from 2001 to 2003, he served as Mayor down the arm to the land force (m).

In 2003 he was appointed commander of the home front command, with the rank of major general. In this role he served until the year 2004, when he was appointed OC Central command, a position which he held until 2007, when he retired from army service, Gen. Naveh holds a BA in history and political science and Master’s degree in business administration. A graduate of the national security College and graduate school of command. He is married with four children.